Economics | University of Essex

Course summary

At Essex we push the frontiers of accepted wisdom, critically examining the decisions of individuals, the strategies of firms, and the policies of governments to understand and challenge the standard paradigms of economics. In our popular flagship masters course you will develop the expert research mind-set required for a high-profile job in finance or business.

You gain a rigorous training in the key areas of economics through studying the following topics:

Strategic behaviour, public choice and general equilibrium
Modern theory and methods with application to policy
Optimisation theory, formal economic arguments, and the role of equilibrium
Econometric methods

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Research councils and some University of Essex studentships available; this course has ESRC Doctoral Training Centre accreditation, meaning it can form part of a 1+3 funding opportunity worth up to £18,000 for talented postgraduates; the University is one of only 21 ESRC-accredited Doctoral Training Centres in the UK.